Apparatus for boiling out cloth



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APPARATUS FR-BOILING OUT.CLOTH May 25, 194.8.

4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed opt. 1o, 1946 A TroeNEY May 25,1946' s.,coNvERsE Erm. Y y 2,441,991

APPRATUS FOR BOILING OUT CLOTH Filed'oct. 1o, 194e i shee's-sneetz 3HE/MAN Co/vvEeSE Alva TTOENEY May 25, 1948. s. coNvr-:RsE4 ErAl. 2,441,991

` APPARATUS FOR BOILING OUT CLOTH l Filed oct. 1o', 1946 4 sheets-sheet s l N Y Y INVENTOR, v .SHERMAN CoNvEES/wo #figer/9. 50a ammo Aria/@Nev CONVERSE Erm. v2,441,991y ,APPARATUS F011 BoILING OUT VcLom v May 25, 194s.

4 Sheets-Slieet 4V Filed Oct. 1 0, 1946 NVENwR, ONVEIZSE AND Arrozuev Patented May 25, 1948 ist UNITED PTENT 0 F FICE n i* l 2,441,991 APPARATUS R IItOILNG:v T CLOTH Sherma-nConver'seand Heny'A. Woodheasd, Jr.,

Aiken, VS. C.

Application October'lo, 1946, Serial No. 702,530

(CLS-#) This invention relates to an apparatus for treat-V ing cloth, and more especially to a boil out mechanism whereinthe cloth is fed through a caustic soda solution for a plurality of 'times and through squeeze rolls and then is fed into an air-tighty chamber through a suitable `liquid lseal and in contactfwith a plurality of perforated pipes for forcing steam through the cloth, and'then the'cloth is passed over a plurality'of'rollers in an up Vand down'manner andis finally passed between a Vplurality kof perforated pipes having steam tl'i'erein under pressure to force the'stea'm through the cloth and, during `the steaming, the cloth is passed through a plurality of wash boxes to wash the causticsoda `solutionandxeiftraneous matter therefrom and 'fnallythe cloth is passedin contact with a plurality'of perforated pipes through which 4hot water is forced through vthe clothat approximately one hundred pounds pressure and at a Vtempe'rature just below the 'boiling point to thoroughly wash the cloth finally loe fore it passes out of the closed chamber through a suitable liquid seal, thus renderingit clean and absorbent and in a suitable-condition to be dyed, bleached, or bleached andl dyedi It is an object of this' invention to :provide apparatus for treating cloth comprising a, closed chamber which is heated by means of a plurality of steamfcoil's immersed in water in the `bottom thereof `and alongy the sides and one -or more ends as well as 'having thetop portionv thereof heated by Asteam. as the cloth is being `passed through afsuitable caustic sodasolution and then into the chamber through aV suitable Water seal and then subjected to steam sprays and hot water sprays and to washing bathsto thoroughly treat the cloth and finally emergingV from the chamber through a suitable liquid seal.

Some of the `objects oi'v the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as Vthedescription proceeds, when taken in connection with the accompanying ,drawings inr which: L

VFigure K1 .is a fside elevation of. the apparatus;

Figure 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional vie'w taken substantially centrally through the apparatus; Y

Figure 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken substantially alongtheline 3-3 in'Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a horizontal ysectional vview taken substantially along -the vlined-ll in Figure v2;

Figure 5 is a sectional view jtaken substantially along the line-55 inFigure 2; p

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view taken-.along the line 6-5in Figure 2; y,

Figure 7 is a vertical sectional view taken along the line 'l-v'l in Figure 2,.

ReferringY more specifically-to the drawings, thenumeral 9 broadly indicates the closed chamber throughiwhich the clothlisv passed This,

2 and Il, a bottom I2, and side walls I3 and I4. It also has a topr l5 and immediately below the top it has false top members IS, Il, I8 and I9 divided by suitable partitions 20, '2 I and 22.

A steam pipe lis indicated at 25 and is led from ya suitable source of steam, not shown.

This steam pipe hasa branch 26 having a manually operated valve 21 therein to which is connected a horizontally disposed pipe 28 having a plurality of branches 35, 3l., 32, and 33 opening into steam jackets 35, 36, 3l, and Sii.

Leading .from the bottom of the' vsteam jackets 'to 38, inclusive, are branch return pipes 4B, 4l, llZ,V and 43, all of which are connected to the return pipe 44 which has a trap 45 therein and a return pipe 46 leading back to the source of steam.

Leading from the main steam pipe 25 is a steam pipe 5D having a manually controlled valve 5I` therein which leads down to the Ybottom of aback and forth steam coil 52 which runs back and vforth on the inside surface of the end'wall Il 'and has its upper end joined to a side steam coil 53 which runs back and forthv along the side wall I Sgand is joined by a pipe 5ft which leads from the lower end of this side coil 53 across toy the lower leg of a similar back and forth coil 53", being. connected with the lower branch of said coil which extendsback and forth in the same manner as the side coil 53 and its top leg is led through the back end wall II as at 55 into a suitable trap 56 and a return pipe 5l leads back to the. source of steam.

In the bottom of the compartment is adapted to .be disposed Water of a'suitable depth and in"r this water' is immersed suitable steam coils. This bottommember I2 has secured thereto in transverse relation apartition 59, having an opening 6!! therethrough, which is not only secured to the bottom I2 but has its ends also secured to the side walls I3 and Il! for reinforcement purposes.

' Leading downward from main steam pipe 25 is apipe 63' having a manually controlled valve 65 therein and which pipe 63 extends downwardlyv to nearv the bottom .of the compartment and penetrates the side wall I3 ina water-tight manner and is connected to one end of a back and forth coil` E5 which extends in a back and forth manner between the partition 59 and the end wall Il). y

At the other side of the compartment from the entrance point a pipe BS leads all the way along the side wall I4 and is connected to a back andv forth coil 61 disposed in the rear end of .y thev compartment adjacent to the floor l2 thereof.

I'l-hje other end ofthe coil is connected by a pipe 68 to a. suitable trap, not shown but similar to trap ,and is led back to the source of steam.

The-compartmenthas suitable openings 'l and chamber comprises-,front andfvrear end ,walls Ill doVA 'IfI' closed by suitable-doors, these openings being 3 located in eithei` of the side walls i3 or 4 but preferably in side wall i3 as shown in Figure 2.

The end wall I has a suitable ventpipe 13 therein with a suitable valve or vane 14 pivoted therein which can be regulated as to position to prevent pressure from being built up in the compartment on account of the great amount of steam within the compartment. trance of outside air but allows the excess pressure created within the compartment 9 to .be vented through this pipe 13.

Leading from the main steam-pipe 25 is a pipe 15, having a manually controlled valve 16 therein, which leads down and is connected to a horizontal and transverse pipe 11. Pipe 11 is connected at each end to vertically disposed pipes 18 and 19 whichrhave connected thereto transverse perforated pipes 80, 8|, 82, and 83 which lead through the side walls I3 and I4. Pipes 80 and 82 are perforated on the rear side or remote from the observer, as viewed in Figure 6, and pipes 8| and 83 are perforated on the nearside towards the front of the machine.

Leading from the main steam pipe 25 is a plu' rallty of pipes 84 having manually controlled valves 85 therein. The pipes 84'lead down and are connected to transverse pipes 86 and vertically disposed ,pipes 81 connect to each end thereof. Disposed between each pair of pipes 81 is a plurality .of perforated pipes 93, 94, 95, 96, 91, and 98, which lead through the side walls of the machine, these pipes being connected to the lower` end of pipes 31. The pipes 93, 95 and 91 are perforated on the rear side and pipes 94, 96 and 98 are perforated on the front sides.

Forl furnishing hot waterv at substantially 210 F. to certain spray pipes to be presently described, there. is provided an instant steam hot water heater |00, known as the Johnson hot water heater, which is of conventional structure and has a plurality of steam 'coils therein around which water passes to quickly heat the same. The ordinary cold water from a suitable tank or city pressure enters this hot water heater through a pipe.|0|. A pipe |02 is connected to main steam pipe 25 and has a manually operated valve |03 therein, this pipe |02 leading into the water heater |00 and being connected to the coils, not shown, and the. steam passes through trap |04 to a return pipe |04' which leads back to the source of steam. i i Y The water, after being heated, emerges from the water heater |00 through a pipe |05 and intol a suitable electrically driven pump |06 and emerges from this pump through apipe 011 which has a manually controlled valve |08 therein, the pipe |01 also having a suitable check valve |09 therein. The pipe |01 leads upwardly and lat- Y erally and is connected to a transverse pipe ||0 has downwardly extending legs and w ample, to Overflow Into the Wash bOX formed by ||2 to which are joined transverse'pipes ||3, ||4, |'|5, and H6. The pipes ||3 and |I5 are perforated on their rear sides and the pipes ||4 and I6 are perforated on their front sides and through which perforations thehot water will pass at a pressure of substantially 100 pounds to be forced through the cloth.

The apparatus has associated therewith an impregnating box |20 having a drain valve |2| and disposed above the box |20 is a plurality of lower squeeze rolls |22 and upper squeeze rolls |23 and within the box, immersion rolls ||9.

Joined to the rear wall of box |20 is a seal trough |24 which has a suitable drain valve |25 in the bottom thereof.

4 Y is disposed in an opening in the front side wall l0 and completely closes the same and extending downwardly from the front side wall I0 is a vane |26 which projects downwardly into the trough so that the liquid sealing medium |21 will cause It prevents the en- Vthe lower portion of the vane |26 to be submerged. There isan immersion roller |28 mounted in the-seal trough |24.

j, Acaustic-soda solution |21 has been described as present in the seal trough |24, and this solurtion |21 is also present in the scouring box |20.

This caustic solution is supplied to these two containers by means of a pipe |30 having openings into both of these containers and which pipe is joined to a suitable source of the caustic soda solution indicated at |3|. A manually controlled valve |32 is disposed in the pipe |30 for admitting solution to the containers and |24 as desired.

Mounted in the side walls and spanning the distance between the same is a plurality of upper rollers |35 and a plurality of bottom rollers |36, the bottom rollers being above the liquid level in the bottom of the compartment 9. Also 25 the rear wall of the compartment 9 has an opening therein into which a container is adapted to be placed to completely fill the opening.

From the upper edge of the opening in the 80 rear wall and extending downwardly into the container |40 is a vane |4| which has its lower edge submerged by hot water |42 inthe container |40. The front portion of container |40 extends substantially inside the compartment 9 and has a partition |43 rising from the bottom thereof and forming the front side wall of the container |40.

w together to form wash boxes.

The lower 'rollers which are mounted in the wash boxes formed by partitions |43, |46 to |52, inclusive, are indicated at |36 and instead of beingrmounted in side walls of the compartment are u mounted in the end walls and |56 joining all of the wash boxes together. It is to be noted that the walls |46 to |52, inclusive, are progres',- sively lower as they are stepped down from rear to front to allow the'water in wash box |46, for expartitions |46 and |41 and so on, so that the water will thus cascadeforwardly and finally flow over the wall |52 into the bottom of the compartment. This water in these wash boxes is sup- 35 plied fromrthe hot Water spray pipes 3 to H6,

fo |46; I

Disposed within one of'fthe wash boxes, forexinclusive, and it is thus seen that the most contaminated water would be inthe front wash box whereas the Vpurest water Would'be in `the rearmost box which is formed bypartitions |43 and ample between partitions |46 and |41, is a temperature responsive element which leadsvto a suitable thermometer |6l| on the outside of the This seal trough |24` 75 compartment so that an observer can ascertain This partition |43 prevents the hot water. issuing from the spray pipes I |3 to ||6 from fallthe temperature ofthe water inthe wash 'boxes at `any time desired.

The lower end of the compartment 9 has a drainvalve |52 .by means of-which the water can becompletely drained from the Vcompartment s. The seal 100x140 Vhas a drainfvalve i153 by means of which the=water can be drainedffromthe vbox MG. This boxvhas aninlet valve Ilii connected to a suitable sourcef-of :water .for `adn'iitii'ngaddiVM tional water ItEto the Vbox |48. All 'ofthe wash boxes formedzby the partitions |133 and it@ `to 52 have suitable drain .pipes connected toa common drain pipe |65 having 4a-drain valve it@ by means of which all of l"the wash. boxes canrbe drained into the compartment. 9 andin turn this water willdrain out ofthe drain valve E52.

The compartmentalso has mounted therein squeeze rollsiil and `i68through which the cloth C passes after passingfbeneaththe immersion roll Q28 and out of the seal box |26.

The seal box idd at vthe exit end of the compartment has mountedtherein.immersion rollers il@ and ill and above the seal box |45 .and on the exterior of the end wall l are mounted suitable brackets |13 in whichfsqueeze rolls i'irl and H5 are rotatably mounted.

Mounted in any suitable position but vshown as being mounted onV the side of the box :|291is -an electric motor Y|85 which hasa suitable sprocket wheel on its-motor shaft |3| on which is mounted a sprocket chain U22V w-hichV is also mounted yona shaft |83 -ex-tendingpfrom the first bottom roll 122. This shaft 83 also has a sprocket Wheel |34 thereon on which a sprocket chain |85 is mounted. This sprocket chain also engages a sprocket |85 on shaft |81 extending from the second lower roll |22. The third lower roll |22 has extending therefrom a shaft |83 on which a sprocket wheel |89 is mounted and on which also the chain |85 is mounted. This shaft |83 also has a sprocket wheel |95 secured thereon on which a sprocket chain ISI is mounted. This sprocket chain ISI engages sprocket |92 on shaft i'io, on which squeeze roll |52 is fixed and which extends to the exterior of the compartment and also engages an idler sprocket |93. The sprocket chain il also engages sprocket |91 on shaft |55 of the rst upper roll |35 which extends through the machine.

All of the upper rolls |35 have shafts |55 extending through the side wall lil of the compartment and each shaft has a sprocket ige mounted thereon. The shaft |95 of the front top roller |35 not only has the sprocket wheel |94 thereon but aiso has an additional sprocket wheel |91 thereon. Each of the sprockets |54 on shafts |95 extend-ing from the top rolls |35 are engaged by a sprocket chain |98, the upper portion of this sprocket chain |98 is the driving portion and the bottomV portion is the idler portion and would probably sag down somewhat from the position shown in Figure l1. At the extreme rear end of the machine, the last top roller shaft |55 has an additional sprocket Zilli thereon on which a sprocket chain 25| is mounted which is also mounted on a sprocket wheel 252 secured on shaft 253 extending from the lower squeeze roll V55 for imparting rotation to the squeeze rolls H5 and In the drawings and specifications, there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although Vspecific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being dened in the claims.

Weclaim.: Y l 1..v Apparatus for treating cloth lcomprising a container forholding a caustic solution `having squeeze rolls thereabove and immersion rolls therein, and through which the cloth is adapted to be passed, an elongated closed chamber vbaving an entrance'port andan exit port, a trough disposed in each of said` ports Ifor containing a liquid,- means forY sealing the entranceand exit ports against the Aentrance of atmospherasaid troughs having 'an immersion roller therein bee neathwhich the cloth is passed as it enters vand leaves the chamber, a plurality of perforated pipes between vwhich the cloth is directed after leaving the Aentrance seal trough, means forfora-A ing steam through the perforated pipes and through vthe Cloth passing therebetween, said chan ber having a plurality of top r rolls and fa plurality of bottom rolls over which the cloth is passed for a plurality .of times, a second set of perforated steam pipes past which the cloth is led 4for forcingl steam therethrough, a plurality of wash boxes disposed adjacent the exit endsoi" the ychamber and having an immersion roll in each of the wash boxes beneath whichthe cioth is passed, said wash boxes 'being disposed inside by side relation and having partitions 4dividing the same with the partitions gradually increasing .in height from the front ,towardsthe rear ofthe chamber whereby water will cascade from the rearmost wash box `into the next Vforward wash box and so on until it vspills over the front wash box into the bottom lof the chamber, a plu. rality of steam coils disposed in the bottom of the Chamber for heating the water therein and creating steam vapors for impregnating the cloth while it is passing through the chamber, the rearmost wall of the rearmost wash box extending substantially upwardly into the chamber and havingV a plurality of perforated pipes adjacentv thereto and between which the cloth passes after it leaves the rearmost'wash box, means for forcingV hot water through the last-named perf0- rated pipes and through vthe cloth passing therebetween, said chamber also having steam coils on each side thereof for heating the same.

2. A boil-out mechanism for treating cloth comprising an elongated closed chamber having entrance and exit openings, liquid seal means for the openings and each of the same having an immersion roller therein, means for applying a caustic solution to the cloth before it enters the chamber, a plurality of steam coils disposed on the inner surface of the side walls of the cham- -ber and on the bottom of the chamber for heating the inside of the chamber, a plurality of sets of perforated pipes between which the cloth is passed and means for supplying steam to said perforated pipes for forcing steam through the cloth, a plurality of top and bottom rollers over which the cloth is passed, the rearmost end of the chamber having a plurality of Wash boxes -disposed in spaced relation to the bottom of the chamber with immersion rollers therein and beneath which the cloth is passed as it travels towards the exit opening of the chamber, means for forcing hot water through the cloth prior to its passing from the chamber, means for supplying liquid to the seal means, said wash boxes having their forward sides decreasing in height as they progr-ess tow-ard the front of the chamber whereby water will cascade from the rearmost wash box forwardly to the next adjacent wash box and spill from over the front of the front wash bOX into the bottom of the chamber.

3. Boil out mechanism for treating cloth comprising a closed chamber having an entrance port and an exit port through which the cloth enters and leaves the chamber, a liquid trough disposed in each of said parts and the walls of the chamber adjacent said ports extending downwardly below the liquid level to seal the interior of the chamber from outside atmosphere, each of the troughs in the ports having an immersion rol-ler beneath which the cloth is passed as it enters and leaves the chamber, means for squeezing excess liquid from the cloth immediately after it leaves the liquid in the trough, disposed in the entrance port, a plurality of top roll-s and a plurality of bottom rolls over which the cloth is passed through the -chamber, means for driving the top rolls, a plurality of wash boxes adjacent the exit end of the chamber and surrounding the lower rolls at that end of the chamber, the wash boxes being divided by vertically disposed partitions decreasing in height as the wash boxes extend forwardly of the chamber so that water'will cascade from the rearmost wash box forwardly over the adjacent wash boxes and nally spill into the bottom of the chamber, a steam coil disposed in the bottom of the chamber for heating the water therein and creating steam vapors for filling the chamber, a plurality of other steam coils for heating the interior of the chamber, the top of the chamber having a plurality of steam compartments therein for also heating the interior of the chamber, a plurality of sets of perforated pipes between which the cloth is passed in its up and down movements as it progresses through the chamber, means for supplyingsteam to the perforated pipes to force steam through the cloth as it passes the perforated pipes, a plurality of perforated pipes adjacent to the rear end of the chamber and between which the cloth is passed immediately before it leaves the chamber, means for forcing hot Water ythrough the last named set of perforated pipes and through the cloth passing therebetween, said water issuing from the last named perforated pipes falling into the rearmost wash box to supply water to all of the wash boxes and to the bottom of the chamber, and means disposed on lthe exterior of the chamber above the exit port for squeezing excess liquid from the cloth `as it emerges from the trough sealing the exit port of the chamber.

, SHERMAN CONVERSE.

HENRY A. WOODH'EAD, JR.

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